Navigating life with Duchenne can be daunting and time consuming for families. We rely on each other to share wisdom and information in order to make the process smoother and life a bit easier. The best guidance we can get is from those who have been through a given situation, sharing what they’ve learned to help others navigate resources that exist.

With Congress not wrapping up spending bills for Fiscal Year 2017 until we were more than 7 months into the fiscal year, the FY 2018 budget and appropriations (funding) cycle will be interesting to say the least. The Trump Administration released a preliminary — or “skinny” budget -- in March but…

Once again, PPMD has signed on to letters to leaders in both the House and Senate, requesting they continue to support the critical and highly successful defense health research programs funded through the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) at the…

This Father’s Day, I hope you will join me in celebrating the dads in this community. They are often the unsung heroes of our community. They are role models for our sons, providing for our families. Their hearts ache just as profoundly when our children are hurting. Their hearts love just as unconditionally.

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that the FDA has notified the company of the tentative scheduling of a Peripheral and Central Nervous Systems Drugs Advisory Committee meeting on September 28, 2017 to review the new drug application (NDA) for ataluren (Translarna™). This is another important moment for our community and we look forward to the opportunity to share our collective experiences with Translarna with the FDA. As details on this Ad Comm become…

Last year advocates from Save Our Sons Duchenne Foundation (SOS) approached PPMD about partnering to have a patient report registry in Australia. They were worried because at the time there were no clinical…

Over the last 9 years,Coach To Cure MD has raised $1.5 million thanks to families like yours! Every dollar you have raised has helped us advance promising research, which led to two drug approvals for Duchenne in just the last year…